Lough Erne, Co.Fermanagh
Photographed with the Nikon FM3a Film Camera, on Ilford HP5 ISO 400.

Lough Erne, Co.Fermanagh
Photographed with the Nikon FM3a Film Camera, on Ilford HP5 ISO 400.

The Diamond, Enniskillen, Co.Fermanagh. Photographed with a Fujifilm X-T30, on Acros film simulation with red filter.

The long closed Glarryford Station on the NIR line between Cullybackey and Ballymoney. The station was opened on 1st July 1856 by the then Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway, and was in operation until it was closed 2 July 1973.

Photographed with the Nikon FG20 on Ilford HP5
Killelagh Parish Church, Swatragh, Co.Londonderry. Photographed with the Nikon FM3a film camera on Ilford HP5 ISO400.

This week I did quite a lot of car photography, but my favourite was not a car at all! It was a classic Harley Davidson bike, a beautiful, sleek machine; belt driven (instead of a chain) and with abundant chrome.

Poyntzpass is a small village sitting on the border between Co.Armagh and Co.Down, Northern Ireland. More importantly, it straddles two lines of transport, the old Newry Canal, now defunct, and the main Northern Ireland Railways line between Belfast and Dublin. A level crossing unites the two parts of the village, and there is a small unmanned station.
But it was the historic signal box, now out of use of course, which attracted my attention as I drove through the village. I couldn’t resist stopping for a couple of quick shots – time was pressing, so it was literally, just a few minutes…

NIR loco no. 3002 approaches Holywood station Tuesday 25th January 2022 at 13:16, on route from Bangor to Portadown, via Belfast. Photographed with a 200mm lens, from Holywood Esplanade.

Photographed with the Fujifilm X-T4, F=200mm, f/11 @ 1/125th sec on ISO640
Continue reading Holywood to Belfast…31st December 2021 was the warmest New Year’s Even since records began, with some parts of Northern Ireland reaching 14 degrees Celsius. That’s warm for this part of the world! People were getting out and about, and no more so that at Portstewart, on the North Coast.
